Lovey wrote:LDM,
Sounds like in many ways your wife is a lucky lady.
I think I'm a pretty lucky guy.
Do you think our culture focuses too much on how fat or trim we are?
I think so, I think there is a lot of fear of not looking like a greek god/goddess, hence all the cosmetics and plastic surgery etc.
Does your weight bother you?
Not really. I have good blood pressure, cholesterol is fine. I'm doing well for a man my age if you ignore the weight. I'm really tall and the extra is all in the torso so I look more like a bouncer or retired football player. I honestly had a much worse opinion of my looks when I was a teen when I was thin but nerdy. I like who I am and I wouldn't want to be with somebody who couldn't see past the surface.
Do you think your wife would find you more attractive if you lost some weight?
Yes, she is more visual than most ladies. She doesn't make a big deal of it but now and then something slips out, like when we watched Thor she said something about how he looked that made me feel compared, then she realized it and apologized. It doesn't turn her off exactly, but it would turn her on more if I was thinner.
Do you feel the bias of others when relating to you?
No, never felt anything like that since high school but I was thin then. My daughters tell me that some of their guy friends are a bit scared of me (I like that). Sometimes I have fun with it. Some 4 year old asked me why I was fat and I told him it was because every now and then I get really hungry and eat a small child.
What is a pain in the neck is how most things (cars, furniture, planes etc.) are designed for people 4-6 inches shorter than I am.
